List: Recovery

• A deadly Seduction

  You seduced me with no trouble at all. / At first it was fun, one big party. / We were together always later, / a love affair that I gladly

  10 lines, 7 comments, on Jun 16 2:11 AM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Dark, Pain, My life
• My Mistress, my love. (Recovery)

  Sweetly seductive, a liquid siren in disguise. / Took me 30 odd years to finally open my eyes. / Fun for a long time, then I crossed that l

  45 lines, 15 comments, on Jul 3 8:57 PM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Hope, My life, Inspirational, Escape
• White Death by Choice.

  The whiteness is blinding, snowblind and mind fried. / Too many hours, days, years of this fun, this party. / It calls to me, it wont let m

  9 lines, 10 comments, on Jul 13 4:13 AM 2007. In Personal, Dark, Pain, Contest, My life, Message, Self, Humanity
• Keep it simple stupid (KISS)

  I'm an alcoholic, a professional drunk. / I do it well, did it often, every night. / You see, I don't have a drinking problem, / I have a s

  59 lines, 11 comments, on Jul 13 9:19 PM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Life, Hope, Spiritual, Contest, My life, Message, Inspira
• Truth be told.

  Bleached white bones, the trials of my past,
  blinding in intensity, so evident in the shadows.

  21 lines, 7 comments, on Aug 9 9:40 PM 2007. In Contest, Life, Personal
• Consequences of our actions

  It used to be our home, happy and joyful sounds came from it daily,
  kids laughing, radio playing, a happy home we called our own.

  9 lines, 10 comments, on Aug 21 1:16 AM 2007. In Contest, Dark, Pain, Sad, Thoughts
• Changes. (10 Word Quickie)

  I got sober.
  Friends, hangouts,

  7 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 5 7:27 PM 2007. In Contest, Hope, Quickie
• Stinking thinking (Recovery)

  The voices in my head are screaming,
  I only wish that I were dreaming;

  19 lines, 14 comments, on Sep 9 8:33 AM 2007. In Personal, Thoughts, Hope, Spiritual, Longing, Message, Inspirational
• The Bottom (Recovery)

  Many times I tried to quit,
  as many times I failed.

  22 lines, 8 comments, on Sep 16 2:51 AM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Life, Society, Drug/Alcohol Abuse, Message, Inspirational
• Web of Lies

  Hanging by a thread, disguised, not looking to fight, not giving a damn what's wrong or right.

  13 lines, 8 comments, on Oct 1 11:12 PM 2007. In Contest, Quickie, Rounds, Society, Sad, Dark, Personal, Life
• Becoming real, again. (Recovery)

  Beat down like a mangy dog begging for scraps,
  tail between my legs, I slink off into the shadows;

  10 lines, 5 comments, on Oct 3 1:09 AM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Thoughts, Hope, Life
• The Addiction is real. (Recovery)

  The first drug I used was a joint smoked many years ago,
  in the back of a Ford Courier pick up, at Knotts Berry farm.

  65 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 1 11:32 PM 2007. In Contest, Drug Abuse, Personal, Thoughts, Life, Sad, Pain, Hope, My life, Message
• Before & After (Recovery/Acrostic)

  Destructive self behavior Rampant self-centeredness

  32 lines, 11 comments, on Nov 7 9:19 PM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Thoughts, Life
• Suicide dreams

  The icy waters beckon, life miserable, heart broken, sighs unheard by all.

  31 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 27 4:07 AM 2007. In Contest, Life, Dark, Spiritual, Thoughts, Hope, Pain
• Clearer vision (Recovery)

  When you look in my eyes, what do you see?
  The derelict drug addict or the man who has been set free?

  6 lines, 10 comments, on Dec 2 11:31 PM 2007. In Contest, Personal, Life, Hope
• Tale of a drunken fool (Recovery)

  I sit alone in my room,
  dark eyes shunning the light.

  50 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 30 8:24 PM 2008. In Contest, Dark, Life, Personal, Pain, Sad, Thoughts, Recovery
• Be strong (Sonnet)

  For many years I lived my life all wrong,
  drinking, drugs, staying up for days on end.

  17 lines, 3 comments, on May 22 10:05 PM 2008. In Contest, Hope, Personal, Thoughts, Recovery, Sonnet
• Crown of Shit (Recovery)

  Blood rushes to my head, all thoughts are wild,
  an elemental craving takes control.

  26 lines, 16 comments, on Aug 28 11:22 PM 2008. In Contest, Personal, Abuse, Recovery, Drugs, Crack, Thoughts, Hope, Message
• Hard to Believe

  In all of creation, there is no relation,
  more important than me & my God.

  13 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 1 2:13 AM 2008. In Contest, Spiritual, Thoughts, Recovery
• Loss of Control (Recovery)

  For times in our lives when the smile is painted ,
  a facade for the masses, not how we feel.

  56 lines, 23 comments, on Mar 16 10:49 AM. In Contest, Life, Personal, Society, Spiritual, Thoughts, My life, Message
• Thankful to give Thanks (Recovery)

  I am thankful that I am able and willing to give thanks today.
  It was not so long ago that I didn't care one way or the other about thanki

  67 lines, 25 comments, on Oct 25 2:22 AM 2006. In Personal, Abuse, Hope, Life Story, True
• with God, I'm invincible. (Recovery)

  The hoarfrost on the windows
  matches the cold surrounding my heart.

  24 lines, 6 comments, on Jan 17 11:15 AM. In Contest, Abuse, Addiction, Spiritual
• Just another hangover (Recovery)

  Hung over, puking, just another day,
  swear I wont drink again, just clear my head.

  27 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 25 11:26 AM. In Contest, Abuse, Alcoholism, Recovery, Life, Thoughts
• Quest to find self (Recovery)

  A teen's rite of passage, the lines been drawn,
  do you hit or refuse? The joint when it's passed?

  21 lines, 15 comments, on Feb 4 1:57 AM. In Life, Teenage thinking, Teen issues, Self, Society, Peer Pressure
• Window Dressing (Sonnet, Recovery)

  I'm just an old alcoholic with a new lease on life,
  trudging on my wandering way to happy destiny.

  18 lines, 10 comments, on Feb 12 1:53 PM. In Form Poetry, Sonnet, recovery, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts, Personal
• I lost the battle, the war is tied. (Lannet, Recovery)

  Quality of life has gone straight to hell,
  living for my pleasure and it alone.

  22 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 19 10:28 AM. In Contest, Lannet, Recovery
• Just say No (Oddquain Butterfly)

  Peers
  should you do

  8 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 3 11:49 AM. In Contest, Oddquain, Form Poetry, Life, Drug Abuse, Thoughts, Recovery
• And the Wisdom to know the difference (Acrostic Serenity Prayer Series)

  Almost four years since I had my last drink
  no longer do I puke in the kitchen sink

  36 lines, 31 comments, on Mar 16 9:30 PM. In Contest, Recovery, Alcoholism
• Spread your Wings (Skybrush series)

  Skybrush (Skybrush)
  Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2002 - 01:08 pm:

  65 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 24 3:35 AM
• Not for a second (Recovery)

  You're suddenly sober, what do you do?
  All the time spent drinking no longer filled.

  36 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 28 1:49 AM. In Contest, Abuse, Alcoholism, Recovery, Life, Thoughts, My life
• The color fades away

  The grandest of lies, enmeshed with oneself,
  the tapestry woven tightly and well.

  20 lines, 2 comments, on Apr 23 12:45 AM. In Contest, Thoughts, Message, Sad, napomo
• Taste of cold iron (Recovery)

  Spiritual breakdown, decline of morality,
  knowing but not caring, I want what I want.

  17 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 23 2:42 AM. In Contest, Abuse, Alcohol, Drugs, Recovery, napomo
• Scott's thoughts on step #1 (Recovery)

  Step one: In authors notes below.
  

  36 lines, 5 comments, on Apr 24 2:52 AM. In Abuse, Alcoholism, Recovery, Message
• Hey F**cwad!!!

  22 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 25 3:24 AM. In Contest, Thoughts, Weird, Message, Adult, Napomo
• The Truth (Recovery)

  Hi, I'm an Alcoholic named Scott,
  I know the disease your father's got.

  35 lines, 9 comments, on May 20 7:35 PM. In Contest, Abuse, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Recovery, Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts, Message
• Oh God... #3 Recovery

  Oh God, I have wondered for many a year,
  what impact does my life have on anything.

  29 lines, 5 comments, on Jun 29 9:38 PM. In Contest, Spiritual, Thoughts, Recovery
• God's loving might (Double Sonnet, Recovery)

  45 years old and a drunken fool,
  living only for me, the hell with you.

  34 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 30 10:23 PM. In Contest, Spiritual, Thoughts, Life
• Cricket Challenge: Round 3 (Confessional)

  Shaking my head, at myself, as usual. I seem to make the same mistakes, like I don't remember the first time I did it. It's only Deja-vu be

  12 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 31 7:11 PM. In Cricket Round 3, Contest, Confessional Poem, Thoughts, Personal
• Powerless (Recovery)

  I write of my recovery from alcoholism,
  as much to help others as to help myself.

  37 lines, 2 comments, on Aug 7 3:26 AM. In Contest, Personal, Recovery, Abuse, Alcoholism, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Grounded (Recovery)

  I suffered in silence for many years,
  so full of myself, I thought I was God.

  35 lines, 6 comments, on Oct 12 9:08 PM. In Contest, Personal, Spiritual, Life, Recovery, Alcoholism, Addiction, Sad
• One of us (Lannet)

  I lived the troubles of a younger man,
  from 15 to 50 they plagued my soul.

  17 lines, 1 comment, on Nov 1 12:33 PM. In Contest, Personal, Sad, Thoughts, Life, Addiction, recovery
• What it takes

  Just another day, quitting time at work,
  couldn't wait to get out to my car.

  45 lines, 8 comments, on Nov 4 12:08 AM. In Contest, Abuse, Alcoholism, Noguest, Depression, Sadness, Personal, Message

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• By me, right now

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• mmook
  November 26, 2008
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  excellent to all... well done! god bless all
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  Manda Kathryn
  October 31
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  41! damn this is gonna take me a little while to get through this list

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